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Midland Ancestors

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Midland Ancestors is the principal family history society for those with interests in the counties of: Staffordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire which surround the city of Birmingham. This includes the areas of the old counties as they existed before the major boundary changes of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the areas brought into them by those changes.


Detailed Information

Contacts:

Address:

Birmingham Midland Institute

9, Margaret Street,

Birmingham,

Post code: B3 3BS

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Contact Person(s):

General Secretary - Kim Walker

Tel: 0121 236 8977

Option 2 for the General Secretary

Option 3 for the Research Centre (see hours of opening below)


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Midland Ancestors Website


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Venue

Admission - free

Midland Ancestors Family History Centre

Explore your family heritage and grow your family tree with the help of the Midland Ancestors Family History Centre in the Kingsley Norris Room at The Birmingham & Midland Institute.

We promote, maintain, and encourage the preservation of family history records which are transcribed and publicised.


 

Description

The Centre houses the group Reference Library and also has computers from which you can access the internet and all digital resources we hold. We are a recognised FamilySearch Affiliate Library. This latter allows access to an estimated 400 million + images of original records that you will not be able to see at home. Our own Resources are estimated to hold 8.5 million + data entries. The volunteer staff are experienced in family history research and will be able to guide you to appropriate resources. You can also access the library catalogue and most of the societies indexes and all resources, all at no cost.

The Reference Library contains almost 10,000 resource items, books maps, and computer-based resources. Even microfilm and fiche. You will find parish registers, cemetery register images, monumental inscriptions, wills, censuses, trade directories and deposited family histories.

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday 10:15 – 3:00

Some Saturdays through the year.


Facilities

  • shop
  • cafe
  • toilets

Disabled Visitors

Easy access to the Family History Centre on the ground floor